(AP) -- Looking to give themselves a fighting chance for the postseason, the Ottawa Senators emulated the Minnesota Wild and found a red-hot goaltender.

With his perfect record to his NHL career on the line, Andrew Hammond will be in net again Tuesday for the Senators when they square off against Devan Dubnyk and the Wild, hockey's hottest team since mid-January.

Hammond has won his first five career starts, rescuing the Senators after both Craig Anderson (hand) and Robin Lehner (concussion) went down with injuries. He has posted a 1.00 goals-against average with two shutouts in that span to put the Senators (27-23-10) on the brink of their first six-game winning streak since Oct. 20-30, 2011.